«to A. Zhigulin / / If there is a raven up above / It means things are moving toward war. / / So there shouldn’t be a war / The raven has to be killed. / To kill the raven / A gun has to be loaded. / / But when we start loading it / Everyone will want to shoot. / And as s...»
«You’re sitting on your wooden planks in the middle of Moscow. / Your head’s spinning from blind anguish. / On the window is a muzzle, freedom’s the other side of the wall. / the thread between you and me is broken. / Behind the iron door struts a soldier... / Forgive him, mom, he’s...»
«When a speech begins, saying that spirituality has been lost, / that the way for people from now on lies through darkness, / in their astounded eyes and in their souls a holy readiness / to go forth and perish trembles like a new flame. / / And this is not delusion or error, / it is the...»
«My son seems to be finding seclusion hard to take. / But the beautiful can’t be born in noisy company, can it? / There, you can’t keep a hold on a little thought that suddenly appears: / into ears wide open only pointless speech asks lo enter. / / Your daddy bas deliberately construct...»